🔥Benney Gaol delivery (English prisons)

Gaol Delivery - searchlight on the state of English prisons and their future by Mark Benney was published in 1948 for the Howard League for Penal Reform and offers a critical examination of the English prison system in the years following the Second World War.

The author investigates prison conditions, penal policy, rehabilitation, and the challenges facing the British penal system during a period of social and institutional change. Written as a contribution to the debate on prison reform, the book provides valuable insight into contemporary attitudes towards punishment, incarceration, and social justice.

Today, it remains an interesting historical document for readers interested in criminology, legal history, social reform, and post-war Britain.

Longman, Green and Co. First edition. Hardcover with dust jacket. Dust jacket worn. Good condition.